Subject: Re: Worked around: BBBB fails on R140
To: None <port-arm26@netbsd.org>
From: Chris Gilbert <chris@buzzbee.freeserve.co.uk>
List: port-arm26
Date: 11/29/2000 23:23:31
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Ben Harris wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Leo Smiers wrote:
> > In <URL:news:local.port-arm26> on Sun 26 Nov, Kjetil B. Thomassen wrote:
> > > You're right. There is something fishy around here. I will have to look
> > > into this. Maybe I should try my AKA-32, or try this card in my Risc
> > > PC.
> >
> > In the arm32 mailing list there has been a discussion about SCSI cards
> > with PowerROM's. It seems that PowerROM doesn't provide the correct
> > podule ID. A solution is to provide the podule ID on the commandline.
> > Look in the arm32 list for the correct solution.
>
> This won't currently work on arm26 since my podulebus code doesn't have
> support for this (actually, arm26 kernels don't have command-lines).  It
> should really be fixed by the asc driver knowing about PowerROMs.

This may not be possible.  Cards with a powerROM have a podule ID of a 
powertec card, not of the original card.

Chris